Lesson 2 Task #6: School Advisory Panel From a class containing 12 girls and 10 boys, three students are to be selected to serve on a school advisory
panel. Here are four different methods of making the selection.
1. Select the first three names on the class roll.
2. Select the first three students who volunteer. -
3. Place the names of the 22 students in a hat, mix them thoroughly, and select three names from the
mix.
4. Select the first three students who show up for class tomorrow.
Which is the best sampling method, among these four, if you want the school panel to represent a fair and
representative view of the opinions of your class? Explain the weaknesses of the three you did not select as
The best.